This Side of Brightness

This novel from the author of "Songdogs" takes readers underground, to the subways of New York. A complex infrastructure binds the inhabitants of these subterranean lairs, built in the early years of the century by a combination of Black and Irish labour.

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In two magical scenes, almost ninety years apart, McCann sets in motion a novel of extraordinary scope and rich beauty. Ostensibly a love story in three generations, the novel is about many other things: about the building and decline of America; about the races who live there; about love, hope and despairbut most of all about the survival of the human spirit.